杰克逊农场(Jackson Homestead)：地下铁道的车站
地方性遗产

假如您是内战前的逃脱奴隶，最好的逃跑路径是循着地下铁道(Underground Railroad)。这不是一条真正的铁路，而是遍布在北部各州的秘密系统。这个系统帮助南部各州的脱逃奴隶逃至被称为「承诺之地」(Promised Land)的北部各州或加拿大，因为美国的奴隶法不适用在这些地方。奴隶们时常乔装打扮并沿着「铁道」摸黑前进。秘密系统使用铁路各名词来称呼地下铁道，如：逃亡路线叫做「铁道」、停留地叫做「车站」，而沿路上负责帮助脱逃奴隶的人则叫做「随车服务员」。地下铁道中最为着名的随车服务员之一就是海丽特塔布曼(Harriet Tubman：详见「会见传奇人物」)，她也是一位自马里兰州脱逃成功的前奴隶。

威廉杰克逊(William Jackson)位于麻州牛顿(Newton)的房子是地下铁道的其中一站。而杰克逊一家人是废奴主义者，所谓废奴主义者就是致力于终结奴隶制度的人。今日，杰克逊的房子已经成为一间博物馆，馆内藏有大量用来研究牛顿过往的历史物品及文档。

If you were an escaped slave before the Civil War the best way to travel was along the Underground Railroad. This wasn't a real railroad but a secret system located throughout the Northern states. The system helped escaped slaves from the South reach places of safety in the North or in Canada, often called the "Promised Land," because U.S. slave laws could not be enforced there. The slaves often wore disguises and traveled in darkness on the "railroad." Railway terms were used in the secret system: Routes were called "lines," stopping places were called "stations," and people who helped escaped slaves along the way were "conductors." One of the most famous "conductors" on the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman (an "Amazing American"), a former slave who escaped from Maryland.

William Jackson's house in Newton, Massachusetts, was a "station" on the Underground Railroad. The Jacksons were abolitionists, people who worked to end slavery. Today, the Jackson House is a museum with a large collection of historical objects and documents that are used for research into Newton's past.

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